Real Music Heroes

In 1980, a gifted young drummer by the name of Roger Odell did what gifted young drummers usually do. He joined a band, which was "Easier Said Than Done". Little did he know that his band, Shakatak, was going to make him very busy for the next 38 years and beyond.
But Roger Odell wouldn't be Roger Odell if he just stared out the window in his…

Earth, Wind & Fire was a crazy band name, when founder Maurice White came up with it in 1970. The project itself was the implementation of a big idea. And a labor of love.
They are the band which achieved so much, including setting…

Few have had this kind of influence on music genres. Sérgio Santos Mendes is the man who brought Bossa Nova, Samba and Musica Popular Brasileira to North America. But that is only the simple version of the story.
Seventy-seven years ago,…

In 1982, four bearded men hit a stage in Los Angeles. They were not just any men. And the stage was not just any stage. It was located at the Tonight Show’s studio. The gifted musicians show host Johnny Carson had invited were the drummer…

Mark King, who will be celebrating his 60th birthday in 2018, was a big Jazz-Funk hero. When the self-titled album of his band Level 42 was released in 1981, and tunes like "Love Games" or "43" came through powerful loudspeakers in the…